Improvement in spring bed-bottoms



E. B. 4HILL &. E. 4VAN VALKENBURG.

Spring Bed-Bottoms. N0142,391, Patentedseptemberznavs.'

UNITED S'IAEs EGRERT R. HILL AND EDGAR vAN VALKENBURG, 0E GRAND RAPIDS,MICHIGAN.

IMPRQVEMENT IN SPRING BEE-BATTOEVIS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. Hlgl, dated September2, 1873; application filed March 7, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EGBERT B. HILL and EDGAR VAN VALKENBURG, both ofthe city of Grand Rapids, county of Kent and State of Michigan, haveinvented, jointly,certai11 new and useful Improvements in Spring Bed-Bottoms 5 and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and sucient description of our invention, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and the same are made a part of thisspecilication.

Our invention relates to a wire brace attached to the frame-work of anordinary spring bed-bottom, so as to brace and hold firmly in place theupper frame, and at the saine time allow free play to the spring.

Figure l is a perspective View of the spring bed-bottom to which ourinvention is applied,

the bed-bottom being in an inverted position,

more clearly to show the attachment of the brace. Fig. 2 is a view of adetached brace.

In the drawings, A A represent the end pieces of the upper frame-work ofthe bed-bottom. B B are the yside pieces of the bottom frame. They aresecurely fastened to the crosspieces (l C C at some distance` from theends of the pieces C C C, as shown in the drawings. The braces E E E Eare placed at each corner of the bed-bottom, and are each constructed-of a single wire, and attached in the following manner: The wire braceis passed through the part B, and then crossed, and the ends attached tothe end pieceA at some distance apart by means of screws, nails, or inany suitable manner.

The result of such an attachment at each corner of the bed-bottom is tohold the upper frame of the bed-bottom iirmly and securely in its place,and at the same time in no way to interfere with the springs of thebed-bottom.

Instead ot' using the single wire, bent as above described, the sameresult may be produced by using two'wires crossed in the form of thebrace above described, and the ends attached to the end pieceAA and sidepieceB; but the method of constructing the brace above described We deemthe cheapest and best.

Ve are aware that the spring bed-bottom, as shown in the drawings, isnot new, except the wire cross-brace, and We make no claim to the same.

What We do claim to have invented, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

The cross-wire brace E, in combination with the end piece A and sidebottoni piece B, when constructed and arranged substantially as and forthe purposes herein set forth.

EGBERT B. HILL. EDGAR VAN VALKENBURG. Witnesses:

CHARLES A. RENwIcK, EDWARD TAGGART.

